Dear Teacher,
Christmas is upon us once again and Tune Into English is celebrating with a look at the best festive songs for learning English and a worksheet for the best Christmas song ever!
The Tune Into English Roadshow
The Roadshow celebrated its first 20 years with a special performance in Naples – you can see the video of the full show on this fun evening here. There was a flurry of shows in the first month of the 2025-2026 Tune Into English Roadshow tour – these were a huge success, visiting Lombardy, Sicily, Campania, Veneto, Trentino and Emila-Romagna. Thank you to all for the enthusiastic response – you can see videos and comments here (including a television news report from the Sciacca show). I would be delighted to come to your school in 2026 – you can see full details of the show here.
See videos from all Roadshow tours, from 2005
Letter to schools
Comments
Primary Show
“The best ESL experience ever!” – Prof.ssa Antonella Porcu, Liceo Scientifico “G. Spano”, Sassari
Speak Up magazine
A new Tune Into English series begins in Speak Up this month, classifying the best songs for learning English. The December issue looks at Christmas songs. You can read this here and previous columns here.
December’s New Downloadable Worksheet
Fairytale of New York – The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl
Considered by many the best Christmas song ever, this 1987 single is a harsh story about an Irish immigrant couple’s struggle in New York.
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– Christmas worksheets
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Keep singing and Merry Christmas!
Best wishes, stay safe,
Fergal Kavanagh
www.tuneintoenglish.com